Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed three bills into law Tuesday, one involving government transparency in economic development deals, one related to school safety and another overhauling criminal sentencing.
The General Assembly’s work left some groups happy, some disappointed.
Some 70 bills were approved in the final days of the legislative session.
Legislative leaders, who spent the last eight years of working with former Gov. Mitch Daniels, graded the new governor as off to a good start, but with plenty of room for improvement.
When partisanship did rear its head—Indianapolis Democrats charged a GOP “power grab” in negotiations over changes in Marion County government structure—it was not disruptive.
Indiana's new state budget will include at least a small personal income tax cut, although legislative leaders said Wednesday they weren't certain whether it will be as large as Republican Gov. Mike Pence wants.
A new poll of 600 voters by Howey Politics Indiana shows 39-percent approval for Gov. Mike Pence’s proposed 10-percent tax cut. But 56 percent said they favor decriminalization of marijuana.
The leaders of the Indiana General Assembly said Tuesday they will continue meeting daily with Gov. Mike Pence to hammer out a broad range of issues before the 2013 session ends.
The governor spent Saturday in Kokomo, Elwood and Tipton with U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks, assessing swampy conditions and meeting with displaced residents.
Prodding by legislative leaders and an epidemic of Hoosier common have led to compromises on contentious issues.
Indiana legislators have given final approval to a bill tightening the limits on how much consumers can buy of cold and allergy pills often used to make methamphetamine.
Two Indiana lawmakers have spent the legislative session watering down opposition to a proposed $2.8 billion coal-gasification plant that would likely benefit their employers.
Expectations that Indiana will collect $290 million more in taxes have Gov. Mike Pence's team optimistic they can win a $500 million cut in the state's personal income tax this session.
A powerful Indiana House Republican on Monday defended his decision to support a Utah company his daughter represents as a Statehouse lobbyist, one week after Gov. Mike Pence placed a hold on state aid to a company run by the lawmaker's son.
Gov. Mike Pence will lead the 16-member panel, which is supposed to prepare a plan for matching Indiana's workforce training programs and available jobs.
The heads of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration have asked the Indiana Ethics Commission for formal opinions on whether they can accept positions in higher education.
Supporters say the council should help eliminate barriers and spread information about available training programs at a time when the state's jobless rate remains above 8 percent.
In one 48-hour stretch early in the first week of April, lawmakers provided a truer lay of the session land than in all the days leading up to it.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he believes local school officials should make decisions about security rather than being required to have an employee armed with a loaded gun during school hours.
Governor, along with Lt. Gov. Ellspermann and ag director Gina Sheets, hopes to discuss potential for growth.
